1 Mar 1799 Plymouth, a seaman of the Mars, who was apparently recovered from his wounds in the head, in boarding L'Hercule, with the gallant Lieutenant Bowker of that ship, died in the Royal Hospital here almost suddenly. The surgeons opened his head, and found a small splinter of the scull had perforated the brain which occasioned his death.

11 Apr 1801 to go into Plymouth dock to be repaired.

17 Apr 1801 at Plymouth this morning was taken into dock, and her copper stripped off.

16 May 1801 at Plymouth now in dock is to have new stern frames from her counters upwards, her old frames having been so much damaged in the actions with the Robuste and Mars.

27 May 1801 remains in dock.

8 Jul 1801 at Plymouth several gangs of shipwrights have been put on board to get her ready to go out of Dock.

20 Jul 1801 is repaired and coppered, and to go out of dock (alongside the Jetty Head to be commissioned) the next spring tide, on Monday the 27th at 7 P. M.

29 Jul 1801 went out of Dock at Plymouth and to be fitted for commission.

Circa Aug 1801 W. Thompson, Esq., Purser of the Boadicea to the Hercule.

1 Aug 1801 was commissioned at Plymouth by Captain Luke, and she got her lower masts in this day.

28 Aug 1801 the Hercule, finished taking in her new guns, and goes into Cawsand Bay in a day or two.

30 Aug 1801 the Hercule, of 84 guns, made a signal to go into the Sound, but the wind falling scant, she brought up at the moorings opposite Government House.

1 Sep 1801 went into Cawsand Bay, only wait for men to be ready for sea.

28 Sep 1801 at Plymouth, the Donnegal, and Hercule, are to be completed from the crews of the smaller armed vessels of war.

28 Dec 1801 remained with the Channel Fleet in Torbay with the Ville de Paris.

8 Apr 1802 a Court Martial was held on board his Majesty's ship Neptune, in Torbay, on Lieut. W. Hill, of HM ship Hercule, for insulting and shaking his fist in Lieut. Collet's face ; also, on Capt. Mortimer and Lieut. Dymock, of the Marine Forces, belonging to the said ship, for scurrilous and scandalous behaviour to the Rev. Charles Burnes. The charges being proved against Lieut. Hill, he was sentenced to be dismissed HM service ; and the charges being only in part proved against Capt. Mortimer and Lieut. Dymock, the former was severely reprimanded and the latter dismissed the ship. The Rev. C. Burnes was afterwards tried on a charge of drunkenness exhibited against him by Lieut. Hill, which case he could not substantiate, he was therefore acquitted.

25 Sep 1802 a Court Martial was held on board the Hercule, at Portsmouth, on John Scriven and George Blanchard, marines, of HM gun-brig Locust, for having, when on sentry in the night of the 13th inst.
taken away the cutter from the said brig, and deserted to the shore ; and also for robbing Andrew Hanlin, a seaman, of the said gun-vessel, of a watch and a bag of clothes. The charges were proved against Scriven, and he was sentenced to have 500 lashes ; and in part proved against Blanchard, who was sentenced to have only 200. Capt. Solomon Ferris, President.

2 Oct 1802 remains at Spithead, Hercule, 84, Captain Ferris ;

22 Oct 1802 the Donegal, Hercule, and Blenheim, are ordered to be fitted at Portsmouth with four months stores, &c. Their destination is rumoured to be the Mediterranean.

30 Nov 1803 the capture of the French 40-gun frigates Surveillante and Clorinde as they departed Cape-François, St.-Domingo, and the rescue, by the ship's boats, of the latter and her 900 occupants, after she'd grounded on rocks whilst leaving.

Dec 1803 preparations made for an attack on the island of Curaçoa
31 Jan 1804 Dutch refused to surrender. Seamen and marines landed and operations continued until the
25 Mar when the operation was abandoned.

May 1805 Jamaica Station

Sep 1806 captured a French privateer, Name unknown.

26 Jul 1807 departed as a part of a fleet of 38 vessels for Copenhagen and was present from
15 Aug - 20 Oct 1807
for the siege and bombardment of Copenhagen and capture of Danish Fleet by Adm. Gambier.